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Patented Nov. 7, 1939 p PACKAGE WilliamJ. McDonald, Brooklyn, my, assignor to Pecheur Lozenge Company,'1nc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 25, 1938, Serial No. 226,796

3 Claims. oi. 99-,-180) This invention relates to packages, and has for itsparticular object the provision of a convenient package for small objectsfsuch as candy lozenges. A further object of the invention is to provide a package which can readily be assembled soas to afford convenient inspection of the contents displaying the goods in an attractive manner to thebest advantage.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a. candy package in whichthe candy is wrapped in rolls and the rolls are assembled together in a package which may stand erect on the sales counter, being supported by an insert member which may be taken out and discarded when the package is opened for the first time, leaving the outer transparent wrapper as a complete bag which provides sanitary protection for either all the contents, or for such of the contents as may remain.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved pack age in its preferred form.

Figure 2 is an end View of the same.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a View of the bag or container after removal of the insert member.

Figure 5 is a View of the insert member.

In thepreferred form of the invention six to a dozen or more of the candy disks ID are placed with their fiat sides together to form a cylindrical roll which is then wrapped in transparent paper I2, preferably crimped at the ends as at 13. The wrapper I2 is not an essential part of my invention and may be omitted in which case the rolls can be held in place by the insert memher, which may be an elongated strip of mate rial having a central panel l5 and two end panels It, the strip being of uniform width equal to the diameter of the candy disks. The ends of the insert, when used with disks, are each semicircular as shown at H. The scoring l8 of the insert member provides a central panel of exactly the length of each roll or stack and the right angularly bent ends are of such length as to accommodate the desired number of rolls.

When the rolls, here shown as three in number, are assembled with the card insert they are covered with a strip of transparent material 20, which at its central portion engages the top roll and the two semi-circular ends I! of the insert member. The sides of the transparent sheet are now, or previously, sealed together permanently toform a bag but are not secured in any way to the insert member.

The sealing of the sides of the outside wrapper extends to the top portion of the insert, which is the central panel l5, and preferably to the top of the bag, as shown. The short sides 2! are now folded down against the top panel it of the" insert member, leaving two trapesoidal end flaps.

The folded shorter end flap 25 is now turned in upon and over the exposed surface of the central "panel of'the insert member and pro now sealed to the shorter 'end: flap and in the preferred form, thislonger endllap 26 projects beyond' the packageas'at 2-7; forming a tab which may readily be grasped to open the package.

While I prefer to wrap each roll or stack separately with transparent material and I prefer to use an outer wrapper entirely of Cellophane, which is now made by a number of manufacturers, the word transparent in the claims is not to be interpreted as limiting the material to Cellophane because either for the roll wrapping or the outer wrapping I may use a material which is opaque in part but is transparent in the center. The sealing may be done in any preferred manner, but preferably by a heat application rather than by the use of an adhesive.

The insert, as stated, is entirely independent of the outer wrapping which is a full and complete bag having a rounded bottom when" the material is disk-shaped. The insert member has a number of functions: it facilitates the making of the package; it maintains the shape of the package during shipment; and it permits the complete display of the entire package in a most attractive manner as the central panel forms a support for,the package which in the absence of the central panel would fall over if placed with the axes of the rolls extending horizontally in a vertical plane as is preferred. In the preferred form the candles are disk lozenges and each and every tablet of candy is visible from each of the two sides of the package when the package is being displayed on a counter and rests upon the central panel of the insert member which is preferably opaque and serves to carry advertising matter or descriptive matter or both. The pieces may not be candy and may be other than round in side elevation, .square for example, as mints.

In using the package after purchase, the tab 21 is gently pulled, unsealing the two end flaps 25 and it without destroying either. The insert is now removed and may be discarded. The top rATENTorrirs roll can conveniently be removed and the transparent bag or container remains intact so that the remaining contents may be carried conveniently in the bag, which is now reduced in bulk 5 and weight and forms a sanitary protection for the remaining contents.

I am familiar with packages including a cardboard tray with a transparent covering glued to or otherwise permanently secured to the cardboard but in all these cases the cardboard portion is a permanent part of the package whereas in the present device the insert, preferably opaque and of cardboard, is entirely free of the bag and is discarded just as soon as the package is first opened, having then served its multiple functions.

What I claim is:

1. A candy package comprising a plurality of rolls of candy wrapped as cylinders in transparent coverings with their axes in a single plane, a member having a central panel fitting along an edge of one roll and having two end panels covering the ends of all of the cylindrical rolls, the width of the member being uniformly the same as the diameter of the candy rolls and its two ends being semi-circular, a transparent sheet covering snugly the member and the rolls having its sides closed upon themselves to form a bag with a rounded bottom, one end of the sheet being folded over the central panel of the memher and the other end being sealed to said one end, whereby upon pulling said other end the bag may be unsealed and the member may readily be removed to give access to the top roll, said member serving to strengthen the package, form a support so that the package may stand erect as for display, and upon first use of the package may be discarded to reduce weight and bulk of the package which remains as a bag afiording sanitary protection to the remaining rolls.

2. A candy package comprising a plurality of rolls of candy disks, a transparent bagof size to receive snugly the plurality of rolls, an insert having two bent end portions covering the ends of all the rolls, the central panel of the insert between the two end portions conforming to the longitudinal cross section of a roll and being covered by the closed end of the bag but not secured thereto, whereby when the bag is opened the insert may be removed with or without the upper roll of candy, leaving the bag for reuse with the remaining rolls.

3. In combination, a transparent bag having a rounded bottom and a rectangular transverse cross section throughout the greater part of "its length, and a stiffening insert having a central panel conforming to said cross-section with its two ends extending in the direction of the rounded bottom of the bag, the ends of the bag being closed on itself above and free of the central panel so that the insert may readily be removed when the bag is opened, said central panel serving as a verted position when exposed for sale.

WILLIAM J. MCDONALD. 

